Cast: Kenji Nagasaki, Naomi Nakayama, Masahiro Mukai, Shôji Ikeno.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday (October 2) swiped back at U.S. President Donald Trump for calling Russia a "paper tiger," suggesting NATO might be one. Trump says World Cup games will be ...

Computer science and philosophy scholar Fernando Nascimento took to the airwaves recently to feature in a discussion on Maine public radio about “humanoid robots.” How close are robots to replicating ...

There’s a new AI companion hitting the U.S. market, and this one comes in an irresistibly cute package.

Whether chatbots are truly “conscious” or not, they are an alien presence that has already begun to warp the world. The human brain is simply not wired to treat AI like any other technology. For some ...

A fluffy, palm‑sized companion robot powered by “emotional AI” that can evolve into more than 4 million unique personalities is a positive new innovation for settings such as care homes, schools and ...

Microsoft is trying to make Copilot more approachable by giving the AI assistant an animated face to talk with. The experimental “Portraits” feature in Copilot Labs is currently available in the US, ...

Milan's city council approved on Tuesday the sale of the San Siro stadium and surrounding land to local soccer clubs Inter and AC Milan for 197 million euros ($230 million), paving the way for its ...

Available as a Copilot Labs experience, Copilot Portraits supplements the voice with animated 2D images that speak with you in real time.

The most frightening risk of AI companions for kids is that they represent a distorted picture of relationships that could lead to unrealistic expectations for human friends.

Artificial intelligence companions are attractive and seem to “know” and “like” us because they make caring-ish statements. Teens are widely using them. What could possibly go wrong?

Ani, designed in anime style, has big blue eyes and blond pigtails. “People think I’m 16,” she says in a baby-doll voice, adding that she is really 22. She’s in a corset – “Goth is my comfort zone, ...